It was only a matter of time before
Starkwell and Lovelock would be subjected to another Uwe Boll film. “House of the Dead” may indeed have left a
horrible sour taste in their mouth, but I’m sure it may end up looking like
Academy Award material in comparison to some of his more recent work. I’ve seen “Blubberella”, and if this is
anything like that film, Starkwell and Lovelock may only last a few minutes.
[...]
[Zombie outbreak is in full swing. Zombies are rabid-style and have melty skin
like Darkman.]
Starkwell: Well, the production looks to be
a step up from “Blubberella”.
Lovelock: Not exactly a high bar, son.
Starkwell: It’s Uwe Boll. The bar is basically underground.
Lovelock: The tagline is right. There IS no hope.
[...]
As the credits roll, it becomes evident
that Netflix lied to us, and that the film is merely produced by Boll, but
actually written and directed by two other fellows. There was much rejoicing in the room upon
this realization, and I believe Starkwell said the bar just emerged from the
ground. Apparently the film also goes by
“Apocalypse Z”, cementing that this is a mockbuster of sorts, trying to cash in
on “World War Z” and the current zombie fad.
These are all tell-tale signs that the movie Starkwell and Lovelock are
about to watch is really bad.
[...]
[American politicians put together a super
team to fight zombies.]
Starkwell: America ’s
Secretary of Defense is British?
Lovelock: They certainly gave him a shitty
office.
Starkwell: Shot on location in the director's basement.
[...]
There was a horribly long conversation
about eating and sex involving some soldiers.
It was the worst. Ten minutes
later, and they’re still just talking. Not
much in the way of zombies or massacres for a movie called “Zombie Massacre”.
[...]
Lovelock: It should be called “English
Language Massacre”.
[...]
[Uwe Boll plays the President. Of the United States . Of America .]
Lovelock: Did he just say “Or I push ze red
button?” What the…
Starkwell: They clearly have SOME American
actors in the film, why did they need to cast people with thick accents as American
Politicians?
Lovelock: Casting by Uwe Boll?
Starkwell: "I give you ze money, but you make me play ze President. OF ZE WORLD."
[...]
Anyways, the zombie kill squad goes around
killing zombies and trying to save the world, I think. Everything is very by-the-numbers, but it’s
not even done with any style or panache.
There is also quite a bit of needless “slow-mo”.
[...]
Starkwell: If they just put the slow-mo in
regular speed, we’d probably get ten minutes of our life back.
Lovelock: If we push the button for fast forward, we might be in luck as well.
Starkwell: That or 'stop'.
[...]
Lovelock: Why would the sword wielding
red-head be dressed like that?
Starkwell: Why would there be a redhead
with sword skills?
Lovelock: In a world with Uwe Boll as
POTUS, anything is possible, I guess.
Starkwell: And why is her hair like
that? Oh man, I hate this movie.
[...]
It’s the type of film where before killing
a zombie, someone will say “hey baby, where have you been all my life”… which
really makes absolutely no sense. Think about it. Think about how much that line makes no sense and sucks.
[...]
[Redhead does a kill!]
Lovelock: Slowest swordplay ever.
Starkwell: At least they left it in regular
speed.
[...]
Then the group finds the daughter of the
doctor who developed the weapon that created the zombies in the first place and
its all like “yeah, let’s do this” or something. Fuck I hate this movie.
[...]
Lovelock: As bad as this is, it’s still
much better than an ACTUAL Uwe Boll film.
Starkwell: His involvement must have been
fairly minimal, especially since there haven’t been boobies at every turn.
[...]
[The American military hold the main good
guy’s daughter hostage.]
Lovelock: So, the American military are
evil?
Starkwell: Who knows… this guy is British
anyways.
Lovelock: Yeah… I’m lost.
Starkwell: Might have to do with the fact
that you fast-forwarded through the last half hour.
Lovelock: I think I’d be lost either way.
[...]
[Super Mutant Zombie (aka guy in a rubber
suit) attacks!!!]
Lovelock: I guess rubber suit is better
than bad CGI. So this movie gets a point
for that.
Starkwell: So, that puts it at… one point.
[...]
Then there was a scene with slower than the
swordplay martial art fighting and Lovelock and Starkwell started laughing
really hard.
[...]
Starkwell: Did that guy say “let’s do this Alabama
style”? What does that even mean?
Lovelock: I’m not sure, but I’m certain
that the film makers are even less sure.
[...]
The film ends with a scene featuring two
topless girls swimming in a pool and suddenly becoming zombies and attacking
people. They have big ol’ honking
implants, and we all feel that this must have been Uwe Boll’s input.
[...]
Lovelock: “Zis is not bad, but perzhaps
zyou can putz some boobies into ze last scene?”
Starkwell: Nailed it.
Funny you mention "Blubberella." The star, Lindsay Hollister, found my review of the film and we tweeted back and forth about it. She doesn't have anything nice to say about Uwe Boll and she will defend the film only in the fact to explain WHY it was so bad. She's a super nice gal. Just thought I woud add that.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! Funny how sometimes with smaller movies blogs like ours may actually get contacted by people involved with the films. The internet is magical.
DeleteYeah I've read HORRIBLE things about Uwe Boll. I saw that clip of him boxing and BEATING one of his critics, and that was certainly enough for me to realize he's probably pretty nuts too.
To be honest, I thought she was good in it, but, let's be fair, she wasn't given much to work with. Hopefully she'll get some better work.